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Show n A Children's S il nn Book Week, Nov. ii ii 17-2- 3 i n m IfWinrii ii ii u iiu n i i "a- -" i i v II II II uuu i I u i l M' 1 1 WESTERN AMERICANA C- Vol. 28 No. 45 .'' November OGDEN. UTAH 14, 1975 Aerial Refueling The Way To Go For 1550th There is careful jockeying They don't get windshield hours, or 400 miles, before it can for position between the washed.their oil checked or needs refueling. The have air put in the tires. fly up to 500 miles, or about tanker and the "Chopper." A But when helicopter crews four hours. probe on the front of of the 1550th Aircrew Training The flying gas stations used the helicopter connects with a and Test Wing at Hill AFB are by the wing to refuel the drogue attached to an on an aerial mission and say heliciopters are specially "fill'er up," a service station configured aircraft. attendant would turn green Each is equipped with one or two internal tanks, giving the with envy,. An Jolly Green Giant aircraft a fuel dispensing helicopter can hold 2,400 capacity of 82,000 pounds. Two helicopters can be pounds of jet fuel. Its bigger brother, the Super Jolly refueld at one time. The usual Green can practice is one. Giant, accommodate 10,000 pounds of Refueling, although not H-5- 3 19-fo- ot 81-fo- HC-13- ot ATT1AI Helicopter Crews pounds of force is required to disconnect. 0 The pilots on the and the helicopter are the team long hose payed out by the HC-13- 0 from a pod on each wing. A coupling device at the end of the hose keeps the drogue and probe locked together during the operation. Some 420 Each keeps When the probe and drogue are locked, a light goes out in the HC-13- 0 cockpit. It goes on when the drogue and probe disconnect. The loadmaster on the HC-13- 0 crew observes the entire operation. He looks out the side window of the aircraft and out the back ramp and door, telling the HC-13- 0 pilot the distance between the two aircraft. The flight engineer on the tanker aircraft is part of the act. He feeds the hose in and out of each pod and manipulates the switches which start the fuel flowing in to the helicopter. "A typical refueling usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes," said Captain Mullery. "On a close in 0 H-- 3 H-5- 3 fuel. "Using the rule of thumb that says 5.6 pounds of fuel is equivalent to a gallon, that's a lot of petroleum," said Capt. Richard Mullery. The captain is an instructor navigator assigned to the wing's 1551st Flying Training Squadron. Refueling is his specialty. His duties are to direct the between the rendezvous tanker and the helicopter and then to monitor the refueling operation. and Refueling H-- 3 H-5- 3 helicopters is a regular occurrence during the training cycle of new aircrew members on temporary duty with the 1351st. It's a must on cross country or rescue missions. An H-3c- fly up to four open is tricky, said Capt. Mullery. 0 Both the crew of the tanker ship and the helicopter inherently dangerous, HC-13- wear their parachute harness and keep their chutes handy. Refueling training, which takes place two or three days a week, is done over Great Salt Lake during the summer months (the water is warmer then) or in the desert west of Great Salt Lake during the other months. The scenario of a typcial feet and 10.000 feet. mm! jf cross country mission, srr ii ns mm ELaHaO or rescue HC-13- 0, being course to often flies a zig-za- g in visual contact." keep Rescuing an injured seaman from a ship, plucking a downed pilot from the icy ocean, ferrying helicopters from the U.S. to Europe or training crews have proven that aerial refueling is the way to go for helicopter crews of the Air Force's Air Rescue and Recovery Service. FILL'ER UP An helicopter takes on a load of jet fuel from a tanker aircraft during a refueling exercise over Great Salt Lake. Helicopter refueling is part of the training given by the 1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing at Hill AFB. (U.S. Air Force Photo By Aialee 11-5- 3 Watson) Open Season Health Benefits Program All Hill AFB employes, except temporaries and student aids, enrolled under the Federal Employe's Health Benefits Irogram will have an opportunity to change their enrollments during open season from Nov. to Dec. 31, 1 1975. Healtw Benefits PKoegAn the faster than the nelicopter, refueling mission goes like this: The HC-13- 0 throttles back to 110 about knots. The helicopter throttles up the same speed. Refueling altitude can be between 5.500 the operation is completed. HC-13- captains. until conversation During this period, eligible employes who are not enrolled in one of the plans offered will ! able to enroll at this time. 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